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Experiences of Hospice Nurses With Patients Who Hasten
Death by Refusing Food and Water
Electronic Journals Provide Easy Access to Nursing
Knowledge
Doernbecher Nurses Lauded for Waste Prevention Efforts
"You Can Jump Fences--That's What I Like About Nursing"
Scholarships Aid School in Meeting Student Financial
Need
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Researchers Study Experiences of Hospice Nurses With Patients Who Hasten Death by Refusing Food and Water
In the July 24 edition
of the New England Journal of Medicine, VA, OHSU, and Oregon Hospice Association
researchers report on the first study to document hospice nurse experiences
with terminally ill patients who deliberately refuse food and water to
hasten their deaths. On the basis of reports by hospice nurses, the researchers
found that patients in hospice care who stopped eating and drinking were
elderly, no longer found meaning in living and usually died a "good"
death within two weeks after stopping food and fluids. To read more, go
to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/news/enotes-hospice.shtml
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Electronic Journals Provide Easy Access to Nursing
Knowledge
Electronic access
to nursing knowledge is growing rapidly. New electronic journals are appearing,
and many print journals are now accessible online to subscribers. However,
many of these require membership in a specific organization. If you are
interested in accessing currently published refereed journals originating
in an electronic format that do not require membership in an organization,
go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/alumni/enotes-0803.shtml
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Doernbecher Nurses Lauded for Waste Prevention Efforts
The Pediatric Intensive
Care Unit in Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's
Hospital has been awarded a BRAG (Business Recycling Awards Group) "Take
the Next Step Award" for its outstanding waste prevention and recycling
program. "Our unit is working hard to conserve natural resources
and prevent potential pollutants from entering the environment,"
said Mary Pate, PICU clinical nurse specialist and co-team leader. "Health
care providers cannot be responsible for contributing to the causes of
the disease and illness they endeavor to heal."
To read more about the Doernbecher PICU’s award and efforts, go
to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/news/enotes-waste.shtml
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"You Can Jump Fences--That's What I Like About
Nursing"
According to Karra,
a veteran nurse for over 28 years, "the security you get with nursing
is in its flexibility…that’s what I like about it, you can
go from role to role--you can jump those fences," (www.choosenursing.com).
Have you been thinking about expanding or changing your role in nursing?
To read about advanced practice roles in nursing, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/academic/enotes-fences.shtml
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Scholarships Aid School in Meeting Student Financial
Need
The School feels a sense of urgency as the nation faces a severe nursing shortage. Nearly 40 percent of Oregon’s nurses are over 50 years old, and another 22 percent are between the ages of 45 and 50. By 2010, nearly 3,000 fewer RNs will be employed in Oregon, although the population will increase 12 percent with the number of those 65 years and older increasing at three times that rate.
A central piece of the School of Nursing fundraising campaign is to secure $5 million in newly endowed scholarships. This amount will allow the School to meet the financial needs of our students in the long term. It will significantly increase the School's current scholarship endowment, and our ability to educate the nurses of the future.
To read about students
who have been impacted by generous gifts of scholarships, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/giving/oo-scholar.shtml#recipients
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